Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7626-I
President John F. Kennedy (behind lectern) presents the awards at the Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation First International Awards Dinner for achievement in research, service, and leadership in the field of intellectual disability (then referred to as "mental retardation"). Award recipient and President of the National Association for Retarded Children, John G. Fettinger, stands at left; Director of the Peace Corps and Executive Director of the Foundation, Sargent Shriver, stands at right. Statler Hilton Hotel, Washington, D.C.